Date night, last night. Had a incredible time in Alexandria VA. Sotn: Armaf oddesey homme (black)

Normally I would have posted this in the Shoe section, but I thought I would put this out there for everyone. If you know me I I don't just enjoy nice things, I enjoy the caring and maintaining of everything that I own. If I am willing to spend my hard earned money on something, then it is my responsibility to take great care of it. Shoes are one of those items that I enjoy, buying, wearing & caring for them. I have some very expensive shoes and some not expensive shoes. It really depends on what I'm looking for. Here is an example of what you can find for literal pennies on the dollar. The first pair is a pari of Allen Edmonds Strandmocks. They are visually brand new. I bought a similar pair of these 10+yrs ago in Nubuck and paid over $300 for them new. I found this pair on eBay and paid $140. They are so clean, I don't think they will take much work for me to start wearing them right away. They don't need a resole or heels or anything. The Second Pair are Vintage Allen Edmonds Woven Derby's. a great Casula shoe that I will wear for summer. I paid $35 for this pair!! Thats right $35. Even if I put on new soles, heels and new corking I'll be in them for less than $200 and will have a brand new pair of shoes. The last pair are Ralph Lauren/Crockett & Jones Spectator shoes. These will be a fun pair to wear with linen trousers during the summer. These are also in exceptional shape from what I can see and based on my research they were around $500 or more new depending if they were Purple label or not. I'll know more when they arrive. These don't appear to need soles or heels and for $75 it is still a bargain! I love to restore old shoes and care for my new ones with Polish, wax etc, so I will do all that work myself. I just thought I would share to the group, that you can have preloved very expensive shoes and bring them back to life and make them yours for a very reasonable price if you go looking. I hope this is beneficial to everyone.

This Sunday we move back to Regular Time in the Chuch Year which means the paraments are green. So today I wore my madras jacket which includes green in the pattern with brown trousers, a grey Winchester shirt and brown brogued derbies. To further accentuate the green on the alter I wore a green bow tie, green pocket square and a green and white fedora. (Please note that hat was only wore for the picture and not during the service.) After service, we went home and I took off my jacket and hat and made lunch. After lunch I put on that brown linen newsboy cap and left for the Shamrock Club meeting. It is always amazing how changing to things radically change the look of an outfit.